Bottle carrier



Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,243

H. H. NEWTON BOTTLE CARRIER Filed Feb. '6, 1925 H. H New for).

Patented Feb. 9, 1926. v UNITED STATES 1,572,243 PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD H. NEWTON, F CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE CARRIER.

Application filed February 6, 1925. Serial No. 7,307.

To all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, HAROLD H. NEWTON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Claremont, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottle carriers and particularly to a class finding utility in carrying milk bottles or the like.

An object is to provide a bottle carrier which is adapted to carry one or a number of milk bottles at the same time, also affording means whereby bottles may be withdrawn from the carrier without disturbing the remaining bottles.

A further object is to incorporate in a bottle carrier an arrangement whereby the carrier is normally disengaged from the bottles and may be caused to engage the bottles by gripping the handle of the carrier.

Other objects and advantages will be made manifest in the following specification of an embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bottle carrier illustrating the method of carrying bottles.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the gripping members employed in the bottle carrier.

Figure 3 is an end view partly in section of the bottle carrier showing the carrier disr engaged from a bottle.

The details of construction and use of the invention a1; 2g. folloyvs: b 1 A air 0 i entica gripping mem e s and 2 normally disposed parallel to Zach other are adapted to engage the necks of bottles indicated at 3 and 4 andto maintain engagement therewith and be carried by manipulation of handle 5.

Each of the gripping members may be formed of any suitable solid matenalsuch as wood but a preferred construction as ill-ustrated in the drawing consists of a strip of iron or other material having a straight side bent to {form an inner face 7 having a plurality of recesses 8. Each recess describes a segment and when opposite recesses are properly registered a substantially circular opening is formed which is adapted to conform to the neck of a bottle. The strap is formed with a series of holes 9 being countersunk on the side of the recesses 8 and rivets 10 are employed for insuring rigidity of the gripping member. Between each recess 8 is a short spacing portion 12 adapted to separate the bottles being carried. The ends 11 and 11 may be welded.

Secured to the gripping member 2 by.

means of rivets 13 and 14 is a U-shaped bar 15 whose ends 16 extend upwardly from the gripping member 2 and are diverted from the vertical so that the longitudinal extension of the bar 15 is in approximately vertical alignment with the gripping member 1. On the gripping member 1 is a- U- Shaped bar 17 secured by rivets 18 and 19, the bar 17 and its ends 20 corresponding in shape to the bar 15. The ends of'the U shaped bars 15 and 17 are flattened at the point where they cross and pivots 22 and 23 secure the crossed ends in a pivotal relationship and the parallel bars 15 and 17 provide a'handle for the bottle carrier.

The flattening of the ends 16 and 20 provides shoulders 24 and 25 which provide a stopping means to keep the gripping members 1 and 2 from spreading too far apart.

Lugs 26 and 27 project inwardly from the ends 16 and 20, respectively being intended as a guide and-support for expansion spring 28 whose function is to normally maintain the ends 16 and 20 apart and consequently separate the gripping members 1 and 2.

In the use of the invention the gripping membersl and 2 which are normally separated by expansion springs 28 are lowered over the necks of bottles 3 and 4, the bottles so adjusted that their necks will fit snugly -within the openings formed by opposite recesses 8. The handle 5 comprising the parallel bars 15 and 17 is gripped and the parallel bars pressed toward each other, the ends 16 and 20 pivoting on the pivots 22 and 23 and against the resistance of springs 28 draws the gripping members 1 and 2 toward each other until the parallel faces are as. close as the conformation of the bottle necks will permit. It is obvious that the rims 30 and 31 of the bottles 3 and 4 will then rest securely upon the-top of the gripping members 1 and 2 and the bottles may thus be carried. When it is desired to withdraw one or more of the-bottles they are lowered to any available support, the

parallel bars 15 and 17 of the handle 5 being allowed to separate sufliciently so that the bottle 3 may be withdrawn through the slot 32 formed by the parallelv faces 7.

Various changes may be made without departing-from the spirit of. the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A. bottle carrier comprising in combination similar bottle gripping members, each of said members being formed from a strip of metal having a straight backyan inner face having aiplurality of recesses spaced apart by straight spacing portions,.a pair of U-shaped handle arms having their lower ends forming outwardly bowed legs, pivotally connected together and secured to the gripping members and a compression spring spaced between the legs of the handles to normally press the gripping members apart.

2. A bottle carrier comprising incombination a pair of similar gripping members,

each member being formed of a strip of metal having a straight back; the strip being bent back on itself and having a series of curves extending inwardly to the back forming recesses and a series of straight spacing portions between the recesses, the ends. of the strips being connected together to form a solid frame and rivets secured through the 'curved' portions from the recesses to the back and a pair. of U-shaped handle members pivotally connected together having bowed legs extending oppositely from the handles, said legs being secured to the straight back strips of the gripping members and compression springs between the opposite pair of legs adapted to normally separate the gripping members.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

= HAROLD H. NEWTON. 

